Interesting pics (and probably the article too, for those who read (Cyrillic(?))

http://www.mil.hiiumaa.ee/2000_09_14_kurtna_T-34-36/index.html " TARGET="_blank"> http://www.mil.hiiumaa.ee/2000_09_14_kurtna_T-34-36/index.html

http://www.diving.ee/articles/art035.html " TARGET="_blank"> http://www.diving.ee/articles/art035.html

Talk about the ultimate dio subject for weathering & applying mud!

That is an outstanding article. It looked like a T-34 1943 model with German markings. It is in excellent shape. Thanks for the article.

Amazing pictures. You have to ask, "How did it get there, and how did they find it?"

Howdy Keith,

Thx for sharing the article, really enjoyed it. But, I must say, I'm absolutely astonished at it's condition!!
It seriously looks like it could be fueled up and driven home from there....

Tread.

Keith, thanks for the links. Made for some enjoyable viewing. Unbelievably preserved after all these years, plus a nice load of main gun ammo to boot!

Thanks again.

Steve

Great Pics. Wonder if the ammo still works. Can anyone tell wether the color is green or gray or muck?

Tracy

I'm totally amazed by the shape it's in, although I've been told that things buried in peat bogs usually do not decay that much....
If someone told me about this and I didn't see the photos, I'd say they were nuts..... that nothing could be buried that long and not rotted or rusted ....... simply amazing......

Hi, Excellent footage there. Thanks for posting this. Really nice.

Take care, Sgirty

Would love to know the story behind it. Seems that it was captured but why did it end up in a bog???

Hey Keith, thanks for the pics. I wonder if this was the same group of people that discovered the KV-1in the Neva River?

By the way, the article says that the tank was left by the retreating Germans in the Summer of '44.

Apparently there's very little oxygen or someting in peat which explains the lack of rust, i've read of bodies surivving hundreds of years in peat mud without decay.

On the second link I read the started the diesel engine without replacing spare parts?

That is really cool! Too bad there are not any very well preserved tanks in my local river.

the german markings on that tank were in near perfect condition for being in a bog for 60 years, i'd like to know how that thing got there in the first place!! kv-1 story also amazing but i think we've learned one thing

some tanks just dont float

That would make an real interesting story as to find out why they drove it in the bog, we know it wasn't because they had no ammunition.